Malaysia deal a bridge to Asia for Akari

The signing of a $1m contract with a Malaysian university has provided Cork company, Akari Software with a significant breakthrough in its bid to develop sales internationally.

One of the first companies in Europe to develop curriculum management software for third-level institutions, Akari is also negotiating with a university in the Middle East, as well as with two third-level colleges in the UK. Company chief technical officer and co-founder Páraic Hegarty expects these three contracts to be signed within weeks.

Set up in 2011 by Mr Hegarty and CEO Eoghan O’Leary, the company’s software is used in Cork Institute of Technology, DCU, NUI Galway, National College of Ireland, St Patrick’s College Drumcondra as well as institutes of technology in Blanchardstown, Carlow, Dundalk and Tallaght.